The First Beautiful Thing
122 mins
The film tells the story of the Michelucci family, from the nineteen-seventies to the present day: the central character is the stunningly beautiful Anna, the lively, frivolous and sometimes embarrassing mother of Bruno and Valeria. Everything begins in the Summer of 1971, at the annual Summer beauty pageant held at Livorno’s most popular bathing establishment. Anna is unexpectedly crowned “Most Beautiful Mother”, unwittingly stirring the violent jealousy of her husband. From then on, chaos strikes the family and for Anna, Bruno and his sister Valeria, it is the start of an adventure that will only end thirty years later.
Aurora Frasca
Valeria Michelucci 1971
Giacomo Bibbiani
Bruno Michelucci 1971
Giulia Burgalassi
Valeria Michelucci 1981
Francesco Rapalino
Bruno Michelucci 1981
Jacopo Dini
Giancarlo 1981
Michele Crestacci
Luciano Vallesi
Sirio Malfatti
Professor Cerrai
Alessio Colombini
Anselmo Viani
Paolo Giommarelli
Conte Paoletti
Alessia Innocenti
Contessa Paoletti
Alessandra Cantini
Elena Talini 1981
Edoardo Ferrari
Andrea Baldacci 1981
Domenico Cirianni
Andrea Baldacci 2009
Elena Bernardini
Giovane farmacista
Marcellina Ruocco
Giuliana Cenerini 2009
Diego Salvadori
Aldo
Alessio Silipo
Sergio
Lucilla Serchi
Professoressa
Giovanni Rindi
Marcello Mastroianni
Franca Antongiovanni
Dirimpettaia
Ada Antongiovanni
Dirimpettaia
Daniela Carrozzi
Cuoca
Toto Barbato
Traslocatore
Sara Mannucci
Infermiera
Dario Ceruti
Casting
Tonino Zera
Production Design
Elisabetta Boni
First Assistant Director
Simone Manetti
Editor
Marco Cohen
Producer
Ferdinando Bonifazi
Production Manager
Benedetto Habib
Producer
Dario Ceruti
First Assistant Director
Lorenzo Grasso
Casting
Elisabetta Boni
Casting
Lorenzo Grasso
First Assistant Director